Please join us for the Environmental Health in

Northern Manhattan Afternoon Scientific Session

“Healthy Homes and You”

Date: April 13, 2010

Location: Harlem School of the Arts

645 Saint Nicholas Avenue (between 142nd and 143rd)
New York, NY 10030

Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Overview:
The afternoon session will consist of a review of forthcoming research from
the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan followed
by a question and answer/moderated discussion time.

Agenda:
• Dr. Regina Santella, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

• Dr. Matthew Perzanowski, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health

Sciences, “Exposure to mouse and cockroach allergen and how it
exacerbates asthma”

• Dr. Robin Whyatt, Professor of Clinical Environmental Health Sciences,

“Endocrine disrupting substances and how they impact health outcomes of
women and children”

• Dr. Patrick Kinney, Associate Professor of Environmental Health

Sciences, “Air pollution and its impact on public health”

• Ms. Peggy Shepard, Executive Director of WE ACT, “Translating Science

to Policy”

RSVP: Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman, WE ACT, 347.465.8483, ogonnaya@weact.org

Gail Garbowski, NIEHS Center, 212.305.1364, gcg1@columbia.edu